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Saturday, November 24, 2012

MoFA condemns setting of Macedonia's flag on fire in Tirana

Skopje, 24 November 2012 (MIA) -

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) strongly condemns yesterday's
act of vandalism in Tirana, namely setting of Macedonia's flag on fire
in the city center, and calls the authorities to find and bring the
perpetrators to justice.

"We consider that this uncivilized act is not in
favor of the Macedonian-Albanian friendly relations, especially
considering the fact that this event took place after the official visit
of Macedonia's Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski to Albania, during which
the two countries reaffirmed the good-neighborly relations, mutual trust
and friendship. Hence, it is very important to not allow for the
relations, which we wish to be developed in European spirit, to be
harmed," MoFA said Saturday in a press release.

Macedonia's Embassy in Tirana asked an official
explanation from Albania's Ministry of Interior. The Ministry of
Interior also summoned Albania's Ambassador to Macedonia Arben Cejku for
talks on the matter.

MoFA expects for Albania's relevant institutions to
take most urgent measures for disclosing and bringing the perpetrators
to justice. It also expects for Albania's authorities to strongly
condemn this act of vandalism, which provokes intolerance and deeply
hurts the feelings of the citizens of the Republic of Macedonia, the
press release reads.

Berisha: "The position of the Albanians, can only to be the union in one country"The
Albanian irredentist designs described in detail by the Prime Minister
of Albania during a conference in Tirana on 100 years of independence of
the country. Sali Berisha told to conference referred to the fact that "the idea
of ​​a single ethnic Albanian born in Kosovo" while describing the
essential framework within which policy will move the country in the
future said:"We must do everything possible to shake off the natural border between Kosovo Albanians. The position of the Albanians can not be anything less than their union in a country. Since the Club of Prizren, the sole purpose of Albanians is the unification of the Albanian nation. "Indeed it is the first time that the Albanian prime minister speaks to the "Great" or-even worse-on "Natural Albania". The
summer conference in the "Neighbors of Albania" organized-and here is
the interest of the case-Columbia University, USA, Center for Strategic
and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, in collaboration with
the Municipality of Tirana and the Foundation "Rockefeller Brothers' (!) Berisha had reported back to the idea of" Natural Albania ":Speaking
at the event, Albanian Prime Minister called on the country's neighbors
to rid "of old antialvanikes, xenophobic and racist theories."

He said that the establishment of a union Albanian state, the Albanians are free, wherever they are. "But we are a divided nation, must work intensity to overcome their separation."The
above combined with the longer daily, reports of anti-Greek Albanian
press as allegations of racial and religious discrimination, movements
such as the name of the central square of Tirana Tsamouria as,
statements of the Albanian foreign minister that monitor activity Greek
nationalist parties, but also continuing
challenges regarding property restitution compose a backdrop against
which the Greek state simply has no idea that occurs naturally and is
not concerned.www.defencenet.gr

Red & Black Alliance presents a platform for resolving "Cham Isue". Movement leaders of Cahms, where presentSpahiu: "Red and Black Alliance will conduct census to census Cham, housing and property in their ethnic territories. Red and Black Alliance will open consulate in Chameria, Mërgëlliç"Red
and Black Alliance published Saturday day strategy and action plan, according them, to
resolve the Cham issue in an activity in which they were invited the Cham
Movement leaders and associations concerned with the study of the
problem of this issue.Red
and Black Alliance presented the ways of the Cham issue, stressing
that follows a different philosophy from all political parties."Red and Black Alliance comes to the Albanian political scene with a golden attitude of building relations with neighbors. Can
not build good neighborly relations with Greece, Serbia, Montenegro and
Macedonia if they do not respect the fundamental rights and freedoms of
ethnic Albanians to their homes. There may be good neighborly relations if Greece stops Albanians border just born Chameria. Red and black government will build a foreign policy only in respect of the principle of reciprocity. For
decades Cham origin Albanians were expelled by the Greek government and
was isolated as the "ghetto" in Durres and Fier by the Albanian
government, "said the chairman of the Red and Black Alliance, Kreshnik
Spahiu.Focusing
on the level of representation of Chams in Albanian governments, Kreshnik
Spahiu issued strong charges involving representatives of the Greek
minority in government cabinet of citizens Sali Berisha, while
representatives of the Chams never included.Red
and Black Alliance according to Chairman Kreshnik Spahiu has gone further by
introducing precisely what the Red and Black Alliance will make the Cham
issue. "Red and Black Alliance will conduct census to census Cham, housing and property in their ethnic territories. Red and Black Alliance will open consulate in Chameria, Mërgëlliç as Greeks have in Gjirokastër and Korçë or Italians in the South. Red
and Black Alliance will unite all factor Cham Cham and will address the
issue not as a commercial and real estate matters, but as a matter of
national interest. For
the first time the Albanian foreign policy will raise his head every
Albanian who lives in soil and will also form a government that works
100% Albanian, is about 100% Albanian ethnic Albanian government and
with 100% Albanian ministers, "said Kreshnik Spahiu."The
Albanian government in this century have used Kosovo and Chameria for
concessions with neighbors to strengthen their position at the expense
of national interest. After
the independence of Kosovo Albanians were able to protect their
interests but Berisha citizen uses Çamëria and Cham issue of de
factoring and denigrated. Cham
border barricades on the border and derision with butaforitë slogans on
the walls was followed by the appointment of a Greek Albanian
government minister just in Cham week ", concluded his speech Spahiu.

Russian warships in position opposite Israel

DEBKAfileSpecial ReportNovember 23, 2012,

The Russian Moskva missile cruiser

The Black Sea Fleet's naval task force, including the missile cruiser Moskva, the destroyer Smetlivy, the large landing ships Novocherkassk and Saratov, the tugboat MB-304 and the large oil tanker Ivan Bubnov,
have received an order to remain in a designated area in the eastern
Mediterranean ready to evacuate Russian citizens from the Gaza Strip
should the Palestinian-Israeli conflict worsen.
This statement was issued Friday, Nov. 23, by a source in the Russian Navy’s Mai Command.debkafile’s
military sources: The Russian statement is in effect a cover story for
the naval task force’s real mission, which is to stand by for coming
developments in relation to the Syrian conflict.
Moscow used the pretext first offered by Washington last week for the stationing of three US warships led by the USS Iwo Jima amphibious
ready group opposite Israeli shores last week, i.e. as a precautionary
measure for the evacuation of US citizens in a war emergency.
The Iwo Jima was meanwhile to be found Friday in waters opposite Syria.

“Constitution, Vojvodina autonomy must be respected”

“There
is no border between Vojvodina and other parts of Serbia because it is
determined by the Constitution and because the Serbian citizens want it
that way,” the Serbian president said at a ceremony marking the 94th
anniversary of unification of Vojvodina (Banat, Bačka and Baranja) with
the Kingdom of Serbia.
He called on all those who “are drawing
borders between Serbia and the province to throw their pencils away and
stop causing differences among the people”.

The president
stressed that he had “doubts” about good intentions of those who caused
rifts in Vojvodina “because they want to return us to years before the
conflict”.

Nikolić stressed that a Serb who caused trouble
among Serbs could not live together with members of other ethnic
minorities who “are honest residents and citizens of Vojvodina”.

“Anybody who causes trouble does not mean well to citizens of Vojvodina
and does not have Serbia’s best interest at heart, but they should not
be carried away because they are not interesting to Serbia,” the
president noted.

He said that the fact that the ceremony was jointly organized showed that “we can be united when times are difficult”.

Skopje. Glorification of the 100th anniversary of
Albania’s independence and the Albanian Flag, which the Macedonian part
of the population considered a provocation and an attempt to radicalise
the relations, will have its culmination on Sunday at the Boris
Trajkovski Sports Hall, writes Macedonian Utrinski Vesnik daily.
In parts of Skopje, as well as in Gostivar, Tetovo, Struga and Kicevo, there will be Albanian flags waving in the air.
Two young men from Struga – Artan Zuta and Vigan Bilali, placed an
Albanian flag in 10-metre depth in the Stuga part of the Ohrid Lake,
probably again as part of the plans of the Democratic Union for
Integration (DUI) for this glorification to be empty of clichés and
ordinariness.
The coordination staff, headed by deputy prime minister Musa Dzaferi,
who is organiser of the glorification, and which also involves NGOs and
the Institute for spiritual development of the Albanians, expects 15,000
to 20,000 guests at the manifestations in Skopje. The prime ministers
of Albania and Kosovo – Seli Berisha and Hashim Thaci, have confirmed
their attendance and will make speeches.

www.proinoslogos,grSurpassed all limits the Albanians, the Greek side must send directly rigorous approach!Renamed "Tsamouria" a great square of Tirana!Continuing as dangerously the Albanians, causing most clearly in Greece, with moves
that clearly should not be left unanswered by our country. As
it became known, one of the central square of Tirana, renamed "Square
Tsamouria" (!), A move that was part of the celebration of 100 years of
independence of Albania and to honor the neighbors ... the supposed
state of "Chams Community"!The news has been around the world and is still a challenge to its neighbors against our country. The proposal is to rename the "Cham 'party,« PDIU »and recently tabled in the Municipal Council of Tirana. Of course there 'passed' unanimously!Not impressed ...Recalled
that the Albanians as "Tsamouria 'call defiantly and without a trace of
historical truth, Epirus, which integrate the often-dense maps of
supposed" Great Albania ".No
of course not to be impressed by the fact that the motion was made
under the tacit agreement of the Government, which is now long-past
events and to-face ... tolerance due to the challenges of "Chams".Take a stand ...After
all, it is assumed that the Foreign Ministry should take place, as it
is possible, even a country that wants to join the EU, to take such
action.Nobody
likes the constant provocation of Albanians, this Ministry has
vigorously to show that Albanians can not say and do what they want, and
kakopoiontas distorting history.Tension ...Meanwhile, the raging intensity Lyvena village of Northern Epirus, where residents react to the creation of the quarry.Recalled
that the "PL" had highlighted the issue, as residents of the area had
received savage beatings from the Albanian police, simply because react
to the creation of the quarry, which they considered illegal. As
it became known, the Albanian police now blowing against PONV in the
village, especially after some motion to send a letter to the "Golden
Dawn", in which they explain their problems.Psychological violence ...Indeed,
chief of forensic police officers from other Delvino visited the home
of one of the residents, which arbitrarily anointed as the sender, and
applied psychological violence against him, telling him that it will be
liable to get in warfare both countries! According to reports, psychological violence Albanian policemen and exercise to other residents of the area!

Albania court convicts fugitive ex-spy chief

LLAZAR SEMINI
Associated Press

TIRANA, Albania (AP) -- An Albanian court convicted the country's
fugitive former intelligence chief Thursday of murder for the 1995 death
of a suspect who was illegally detained for an alleged plot to murder
Macedonia's president.
The court, which tried Ilir Kumbaro in
absentia, also sentenced him to 15 years in prison. The victim,
businessman Remzi Hoxha, an ethnic Albanian from Macedonia, was abducted
by the secret police 17 years ago along with two other suspects for
allegedly planning to kill then-Macedonian President Kiro Gligorov
during a visit to Albania. The court said the three suspects were held
illegally and tortured during questioning.
Kumbaro traveled to
Britain in 1996 under a false identity, claiming to be a refugee from
Kosovo. He has been missing for a year, after skipping an extradition
hearing in London. Hoxha was never found and is presumed to have died in
custody.
During the trial, the court heard that Hoxha, and fellow
suspects Avdyl Loshaj and Ziso Kristopulli, were taken to a secret
police facility in the Lezhe district 65 kilometers (40 miles) north of
the capital, Tirana. They were never formally charged of the alleged
plot against Gligorov in neighboring Macedonia, and Loshaj and
Kristopulli were released after being held for a week.
The
victim's son, Ardian Hoxha, said he would appeal the verdict, arguing
that Albania had not done enough to bring the former spy chief to
justice.
"The justice system has killed our father for a second time," he said. "Victims of crimes are not protected here."
Two former state security officers also faced lesser charges which were dropped by the court Thursday.
Kumbaro
had headed the police's intelligence division in the capital, Tirana,
for three years until 1995, and traveled to Britain the following year.
According
to London police, Kumbaro was granted political asylum in Britain under
the false name Shaqa Shatri and was granted a British passport, before
he was eventually discovered and sought for extradition by Albanian
authorities.
He has been missing since failing to appear for the extradition hearing in London on Dec. 1.
Former
Macedonian President Gligorov, who died in January aged 94, was
seriously injured in a car bombing in the Macedonian capital, Skopje, in
1995. No one has been convicted of the attack, which was apparently not
related to the alleged plot in Albania.

Obama’s pledge of US troops to Sinai next week won Israel’s nod for ceasefire

DEBKAfileExclusive ReportNovember 23, 2012,

Obama on the phone to Netanyahu with key pledge

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu agreed to a ceasefire for
halting the eight-day Israeli Gaza operation Wednesday night, Nov. 21,
after President Barack Obama personally pledged to start deploying US
troops in Egyptian Sinai next week, debkafile
reports. The conversation, which finally tipped the scales for a
ceasefire, took place on a secure line Wednesday morning, just hours
before it was announced in Cairo. The US and Israeli leaders spoke at
around the time that a terrorist was blowing up a Tel Aviv bus, injuring
27 people.
Obama’s pledge addressed Israel’s most pressing demand in every
negotiating forum on Gaza: Operation Pillar of Cloud’s main goal was a
total stoppage of the flow of Iranian arms and missiles to the Gaza
Strip. They were smuggled in from Sudan and Libya through southern Egypt
and Sinai. Hostilities would continue, said the prime minister, until
this object was achieved.
Earlier, US officials tried unsuccessfully to persuade Israel to accept
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi’s personal guarantee to start
launching effective operations against the smugglers before the end of
the month. The trio running Israel’s Gaza campaign, Netanyahu, Defense
Minister Ehud Barak and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, were willing
to take Morsi at his word, except that Israeli security and
intelligence chiefs assured them that Egypt has nothing near the
security and intelligence capabilities necessary for conducting such
operations.
When Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Jerusalem from
Bangkok Tuesday, she tried assuring Netanyahu that President Obama had
decided to accelerate the construction of an elaborate US system of
electronic security fences along the Suez Canal and northern Sinai. It
would also cork up the Philadelphi route through which arms are smuggled
into the Gaza Strip. (The US Sinai fence project was first disclosed
exclusively by DEBKA-Net-Weekly 564 on Nov. 9).
US security and civilian units will need to be deployed in Egyptian
Sinai to man the fence system and operate it as an active
counter-measure for obstructing the smuggling of Iranian weapons
supplies.
The prime minister said he welcomed the president’s proposal to
expedite the fence project, but it would take months to obtain Egyptian
clearance. Meanwhile, the Palestinians would have plenty of time to
replenish their weapons stocks after Israel’s Gaza campaign. It was
therefore too soon to stop the campaign at this point or hold back a
ground incursion.
Clinton was sympathetic to this argument. Soon after, President Obama
was on the phone to Netanyahu with an assurance that US troops would be
in place in Sinai next week, after he had obtained President Morsi’s
consent for them to go into immediate action against Iranian smuggling
networks.
Netanyahu responded by agreeing to a ceasefire being announced in Cairo
that night by Clinton and the Egyptian foreign minister, and to holding
back the thousands of Israeli reservists on standby on the Gaza border.debkafile’s
military sources report that the first air transports carrying US
special forces are due to land at Sharm el Sheikh military airfield in
southern Sinai in the next 48 hours and go into action against the arms
smugglers without delay.
This development is strategically significant for three reasons:
1. Once the missile and arms consignments depart Iranian ports or
Libyan arms bazaars, Tehran has no direct control of their transit from
point to point through Egypt until they reach Sinai and their Gaza
destination. All the same, a US special forces operation against the
Sinai segment of the Iranian smuggling route would count as the first
overt American military strike against an Iranian military interest.
Netanyahu, Barak and Lieberman are impressed by the change the Obama
administration has undergone since the president’s reelection. Until
then, he refused to hear of any military action against Iran and
insisted that Tehran could only be confronted on the diplomatic plane.
2. President Morsi, by opening the Sinai door to an American troop
deployment for Israel’s defense, recognizes that the US force also
insures Israel against Cairo revoking or failing to honor the peace
treaty Egypt signed with Israel in 1979.
3. In the face of this US-Israel-Egyptian understanding, Hamas cannot
credibly claim to have won its latest passage of arms with Israel or
that it obtained guarantees to force Israel to end the Gaza blockade.
Indeed, Gaza’s Hamas rulers will be forced to watch as US troops in
Sinai, just across its border, break up the smuggling rings filling
their arsenals and most likely laying hands on the reserve stocks they
maintain under the smugglers’ guard in northern Sinai, out of reach of
the Israel army. This means that the blockade on Gaza has been extended
and the focus of combat has switched from Gaza to the Sinai Peninsula.

All national and international environmental laws will be respected
during oil exploration efforts in the Ionian Sea by the Norwegian firm
that has undertaken the project, Environment, Energy and Climate Change
Minister Evangelos Livieratos assured reporters earlier this week.

He noted that all necessary measures to protect the environment and sea mammals swimming the waters where the exploration is taking place have been taken.

The Minister also pointed out that the activities of the survey vessel
"PGS" were being monitored by the coast guard and the Greek Navy, with
the supervision of both the foreign ministry and the environment
ministry, making any violation of international environmental rules
extremely unlikely.

In addition, the crew on board the ship included two scientists working for the ministry's oil policy and three mammal observers responsible for protecting the environment and dolphins during the search efforts, he added.

Samaras in Brussels, Merkel Says Loan Coming

Greek
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras was in Brussels on Nov. 22 for the start
of a two-day meeting of European Union leaders on the region’s budget
where he was expected to meet Eurozone chief Jean-Claude Juncker and
push for a long-delayed $38.8 billion loan installment to be released.
Eurozone finance ministers earlier in the week delayed until Nov. 26 a
decision on the loan because of a dispute with International Monetary
Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde, who is opposed to giving
Greece a two-year extension to meet its fiscal targets.
EU leaders want to push back the deadline to 2022 for Greece to
reduce its debt-to-Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ratio from nearly 180
percent now to 120 percent, but that could require additional aid, which
Lagarde doesn’t want to give.
The IMF, along with the European Union and European Central Bank,
make up the EU-IMF-ECB Troika that loaned Greece $152 billion starting
in 2010 through a series of rescue monies, but has withheld the first
installment in a second bailout of $173 billion.
Samaras, frustrated that he narrowly convinced the Parliament that
his coalition government controls to pass a $17.45 billion spending cut
and tax hike plan as a condition of getting the money, called on the
Eurozone and IMF head to settle their differences. He warned that unless
Greece gets the funds that it could be pushed toward default and risk
the integrity of the financial bloc itself.
“Greece did what it had to do and what it had pledged to do,” Samaras
said. “Our partners, and the I.M.F., must now assume their
responsibilities.” He added that, “Whatever the technical difficulties
involved in finding a solution, they do not justify any negligence or
delay.”
The Troika officials will meet again in Brussels on Nov. 26 to
discuss Greece, and were expected to also talk about the country’s
economic problems on the sidelines of a two-day meeting in the EU’s
capital Nov. 22-23, where Samaras plans to talk to Juncker.
Meanwhile, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose country is the
biggest contributor to the Greek bailouts despite opposition from
Germans, said she believes the loan will be disbursed next week. She has
continued to insist, however, on more of the austerity measures that
have worsened Greece’s five-year recession. “We want Greece to remain in
the Euro,” she said.
Wolfgang Schaeuble, the German Finance Minister, said he was
confident that an agreement could be reached once “technical questions”
had been clarified. If ministers do reach a deal, Greece is likely to
get a larger amount of about 44 billion euros, ($56.6) because two
additional installments are due by the end of the year under terms of
the second bailout and Greece wants the monies bundled together.
The loans have been on hold since June, when Samaras’ New Democracy
Conservatives narrowly won a tense election, and creditors determined
that Greece was failing to meet the conditions of the bailout.
Eurozone finance ministers are considering a range of options,
including lowering interest rates on Greek debt, lengthening the
deadlines for repayments and allowing Greece to buy back its bonds at a
steep discount. Once lenders agree on a solution for Greece, the measure
will still have to be debated and passed by German lawmakers.

Iron Dome was the only real Israeli winner of the Gaza operation

DEBKAfile

Iron Dome was the winner

The trio which conducted Israel’s eight-day Gaza operation, Prime
Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Ehud Barak, Foreign
Minister Avigdor Lieberman, marked the Gaza ceasefire that went into
effect Wednesday night, Nov. 21, by announcing that all the goals set
for the Pillar of Cloud operation were achieved.
They did not reveal the concessions they made to enable the US and
Egypt to persuade Hamas to promise to halt its long missile blitz
against Israel. The most damaging was Israel’s consent for Egypt to act
as truce monitor and arbitrator between itself and Hamas and the address
for complaints of violations, misunderstandings and broker of future
negotiations to follow the ceasefire for regulating future relations.
By deferring to Egypt’s superior authority, Israel let itself be
demoted to an equal footing with Hamas, a group listed as a terrorist
organization in the US and Europe and dedicated to the destruction of
the Jewish state.
In some respects, Israel might have been better served by direct talks
with Hamas itself rather than placing its strategic policy on two
borders in the hands of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood.
As of 9 pm, Nov. 21, Israel’s security actions on its borders with
Egypt and the Gaza Strip must be adjusted to staying on Egyptian
President Mohamed Morsi’s good side.
Netanyahu and Barak’s advisers defend this concession by maintaining
that it is superseded by Morsi’s dependence on Washington for the sake
of American aid grants and guarantees for international credit to rescue
Egypt’s economy from collapse. Cairo will be in the hands of the Obama
administration and so Israel has nothing to worry about, they say.
However reasonable this argument may sound, debkafile’s
analysts say it has nothing to do with Egyptian-Israeli relations which
operate on a separate plane. It is a fact that Barack Obama never
managed to persuade Egypt to resume its gas supplies to Israel after the
Sinai pipelines were repeatedly sabotaged, or raise a finger to halt
the arms smuggling traffic running through its territory to the Gaza
Strip from Libya and Sudan.
Washington has very little influence on the Muslim Brothers when it
comes to Cairo’s attitude towards Israel. They are far from being
American puppets. President Morsi may heed US wishes up to a point with
regard to the Gaza Strip and the Palestinian terrorists ruling the
enclave, but the Brothers will prefer to line up with Turkey, Saudi
Arabia and the Gulf emirates and follow the gospel of their radical
guru, Sheikh Yousuf Qaradawi, the great champion of suicide terrorism
against Israel.
Israel has gained substantially less than Defense Minister Barak
claimed from the eight-day air operation launched to rescue southern
Israel from the 12-year old Palestinian missile war waged from Gaza .
Hamas undoubtedly took a heavy beating and devastating damage to its
command and control, military infrastructure, arms manufacturing and
arsenal. But its 15,000-strong militia remains largely intact after
losing 50 men and can be reconstituted. In any case, Operation Pillar of
Cloud was not meant to be a military contest between the IDF and the
Hamas military wing. What it finally boiled down to was a duel between
the Iranian weapons wielded by Hamas and Jihad Islami and Israel’s Iron
Dome missile interceptor.
Iron Dome came out of the ordeal the unchallenged victor.
With that success in hand, Israel had no need to get into negotiations
with Hamas and Jihad Islami over a ceasefire, which neither of the two
organizations is expected to honor. A unilateral ceasefire declaration
from Jerusalem would have been enough. And in fact two hours after the
ceasefire went into effect, Hamas had fired some 12 rockets against
Israel. Schools in the south will remain closed Thursday.

Palestinians thankful to Russia - Mahmoud Abbas

Andrei Ontikov

Nov 22, 2012 18:06 Moscow Time

Photo: EPA

The Palestinians highly estimate
Russia's efforts aimed at settling the situation in the Gaza Strip and
recognizing the Palestinian state on the international arena. This is
stated in the message of head of the Palestinian national administration
Mahmoud Abbas to the President of Russia. The message was delivered to
Moscow by Abbas’s special envoy Saleh Raafat. Here's what he said in an
exclusive interview with the Voice of Russiaradio station.

«This message contained a high
assessment of the role played by Russia and its leadership for the sake
of putting an end to the aggression against the Palestinian population
in the Gaza Strip. We also reaffirmed the importance of the efforts that
Moscow undertakes in the UN Security Council in order to finally get a
resolution that will force Israel to end its military operations in the
sector. In addition, we expressed our gratitude for Russia’s support to
Palestine’s application on receiving the status of an observer-state in
the United Nations Organization».

President: Serbia expect Russia’s support

“Serbia’s
leaders highly appreciate Russia’s support in combat for respect of the
international law when it comes to Kosovo and Metohija and protection
of territorial integrity and sovereignty,” he noted on Thursday.
The
Serbian president said that this was a sensitive moment for Serbia,
that it was facing important decisions and that it expected Russia’s
support.

He added that traditional friendship and historical
and spiritual ties between the Serbian and Russian people should
contribute to a more dynamic and stable development of the two
countries’ relations.

Nikolić said Serbia was determined to
implement all agreements reached by Russia and Serbia and that both
Russian and Serbian citizens would benefit from them.

He
encouraged the new Russian ambassador to more actively promote Russian
investments in Serbia because strengthening of economic cooperation was
key in the time of crisis.

Chepurin said that Serbia and Russia
had century-long friendship and that great relations existed not only
between officials but between the two peoples.

“This is a
cornerstone of our progress. The past greatly determines our future and
it is our job to make the future as good as possible for citizens of our
countries,” the ambassador stressed.

He added that there was a
political will in Serbia and Russia to establish a new level of the two
countries’ relations and assessed that Nikolić and Russian President
Vladimir Putin’s meetings “give a strong impulse”.

Chepurin
reiterated Russia’s support to Serbia when it comes to the protection of
its territorial integrity and added that the solving of the Kosovo
issue in accordance with the international law and UN Security Council
Resolution 1244 was the only fair solution.

He said that the
world faced a great economic crisis and that the best way to overcome
problems was to work together on projects that would enable growth and
recovery of the economy.

Albanian Opposition leader Edi Rama in Athens, Sunday - meeting for the celebration for the 100th anniversary of Independence of Albania!In Athens will arrive this Sunday Edi Rama, leader of the Socialist Party of Albania. The
event will take place at the stadium of Sporting Agios Eleftherios at
11:00 am and is part of the celebrations for the 100th anniversary of
independence of Albania.The poster for the event reads:Eddie Rama in AthensHope all immigrants!Always beside us ...and the grand celebrationthe 100th anniversary of Independence!According to the northern epiriotes blogs, Edi Rama has recalled that the deterioration of Greek-Albanian relations was personaly the catalyst and "contributor" of. the "Agreement sea borders, between Greece -
Albania" in the Costitutional Court of Albania, which canceled opening new politic crise between Greece and Albania..

Simultaneously
exceeded all left-socialist mound and turned the political articulation
in ethnocentric, giving efforts to nationalist movements (of which now is
in danger and he polling) and turning the anti-Greek political position
in the central political arena.

Ashimariot, from his mother, unfortunately, theAlbanianoppositionleaderEdiRama,holdsthe samepositionwith the governmentBerisha, featuring antihimariotssentiments, especially for criticalstancepropertiesintheHimaraRegion. According to the albanian press, people involvedintheAlbanianMafia, withcorruptpracticesoflootingassetsofHimarapeople,arealso associated withEdiRama and Socialist Party as parliament member.

Skopje. The struggle of flags in Macedonia continues.
After a six-meter Albanian flag was hoisted on a 30-meter pole in
Kicevo, a 20-meter pole will be placed at Deve Bair checkpoint on the
Macedonian-Bulgarian border and “a Macedonian flag will proudly flutter”
there.
“Ours should be bigger than the Bulgarian one” reads the title of the news on the website of Vest.
According to the media in Skopje the new pole at Deve Bair checkpoint will be the highest in the Balkans.
The 60-meter structure will be put at a small hill and if the Bulgarians
want their flag to flutter at a higher place, they will have to erect a
75-meter pole, says Skopje.
The new pole was donated by a firm that is in charge of fitting all
poles in the state and works on most Skopje 2014 projects. The
government will pay nothing for the 60-meter pole, government sources
told Vest.
At Deve Bair checkpoint, where a struggle for the height of the poles is
underway, there are two poles now. The Macedonian one is 30 meters high
and the Bulgarian one, which has been recently fixed, is 45 meters
high, announced Sitel television.
Other media comment that the 60-meter pole and the Macedonian flag on it
come after the Democratic Union for Integration started hoisting huge
flags in the settlements with Albanian population. An Albanian flag
which is about ten meters long and wide covers the façade of the Culture
Center in Tetovo, writes Nova Makedonija.
According to Nova Makedonija there is no Macedonian flag on the building
of this state institution, which is a violation of the law about flags
which was adopted in July 2011. The law states that a flag of an ethnic
community can be hoisted on a state institution, but it should be
smaller by a third compared with the state flag, in municipalities where
more than 50% of the population belongs to this community.
An Albanian flag is fluttering also on the building of the municipality
of Cair in Skopje. Next to it there is a flag celebrating the 100th
anniversary of Albanian independence.
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Albania’s independence the
whole of Macedonia should be covered in red and black by 28 November,
Democratic Union for Integration (DUI) Spokesperson Bujar Osmani said in
a statement, causing sharp reactions in the media in Skopje.
The statement comes two days after a six-meter Albanian flag was hoisted
on a 30-meter pole in Kicevo. As planned, the whole of Skopje should be
covered with Albanian flags by 25 November.
“As a sign of mutual respect, all citizens in Macedonia should be part
of Albanians’ joy and the question whether it is legal for an Albanian
flag to flutter should not be raised, because Albanians may consider
this to be a provocation,” said Bujar Osmani.
“An Albanian flag under the waters of Lake Ohrid,” reads a title of A1On television.
The article says that two young Albanians from Struga unfolded an
Albanian flag underwater in Lake Ohrid. The flag was put at a 10-meter
depth to mark the 100th anniversary of Albania’s independence.
“An Albanian flag should flutter in each house.” Hoisting an Albanian
flag in Kicevo is legal and does not infringe on the feelings of other
ethnic communities, says the Democratic Union for Integration in a
statement, cited by Telma television.
The non-governmental organization Wake Up wants to cover the whole of
Skopje with the red Albanian flag on the occasion of the 100th
anniversary of Albania’s independence. This will happen on 25 November,
Kanal 5 television reported.
The website Bez Pardon says the following about the same initiative of the non-governmental organization Wake Up:
“Wake Up wants to wrap Skopje up with an Albanian flag.”
“Wake Up has invited Albanians to cover Skopje in red-and-black paint,” says In Press.
“Wake Up in pre-celebratory euphoria, will paint Skopje in red and black,” reports Kanal 5.
“Skopje wrapped up in Albanian flags on Thursday,” reads Skopje Info.
“DUI – we will cover Skopje with Albanian flags,” reports Sitel television.

Driver tries to intercept president’s motorcade

Source: B92

BELGRADE --
A Škoda Fabia with no license plates has tried to cut in Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić’s motorcade several times.

Tomislav Nikolić (Tanjug, file)

The incident took place on Jurija Gagarina St. in New Belgrade.
The police have said that they are searching for the driver.
They told daily Blic that it was unsure whether the incident was a
result of careless driving or traffic jams due to construction works in
the street.

A
small bomb exploded outside the Athens home of a Greek deputy
prosecutor early on Thursday, causing no injuries but damaging houses
and cars, police said according to Reuters.
The explosive device was placed in the front yard of the house and
three houses and two cars were damaged when it exploded, police said.
The Thursday attack happened outside the house of prosecutor
Paraskevi Kalaitzi, best known in Greece for trying the case of an
organized crime ring convicted of several offenses, including the
murder of a businessman and the kidnapping of a Greek shipowner.
The shipowner, Periklis Panagopoulos, was kidnapped in January 2009 and held for eight days until his family paid a ransom.
Several small makeshift bombs have exploded in Greece in recent
years as the country struggles through harsh austerity measures imposed
by foreign lenders. Gas canisters are often left at tax offices and
politicians΄ offices.

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

100th Anniversary of the Independence of Albania, is celebrated at NATO Headquarters, BrusselsRasmussen wishes Albanians

100th Anniversary of the Independence of Albania is also celebrating at NATO headquarters in Brussels. It
is known that, the Secretary General of NATO, Anders Rasmussen
congratulated Albanians for the holiday of Independence, stating that
NATO membership, Albania showed that he has proved that he deserved
membership."It
is a great pleasure for me to wish you and the Albanian people on the
occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Independence of Albania. 3 and a half years before Albania's NATO membership showed the world that the idea of ​​freedom is invincible. NATO
membership, Albania has tightened its internal security and NATO and
the integrity of the Atlantic Alliance, "said Secretary General of NATO.He
continued MW next by thwnw that, along with other NATO allies, you are
committed to protecting the security and our shared values. "This is a solemn commitment that a sovereign state can undertake. Albania has shown that it can carry out this commitment. Your home is a worthy ally. You have made an important contribution to our political and military alliance. You
have played an important role for regional stability and your
engagement in Afghanistan has been strong evidence of your commitment to
protect the security of the Alliance, "said Rasmussen.Rasmussen stressed that NATO appreciates the fact that Albania is now free and safe."We are delighted to have a free Albania, safe and engaged as a member of the Alliance. I wish you and the people of Albania, a happy and safe day of independence, "he concluded his speech, Mr.. Rasmussen.Ceremony also attended by his remarks the Minister of Defence, Mr.. Arben
Imami where he said that the history of Albania is a story of war and
great efforts to survive and preserve their national identity.At
the ceremony held on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the
independence of Albania in NATO headquarters can not be revealed and
cakes with the Albanian national symbol.

At
his home in Moscow, the 53-year-old is probably the most influential
Russian Greek origin. A businessman from Rostov, who has in the eighties
by the workers highly worked in a tobacco factory to the chairman of
the Agrokom group. Today, tobacco and meat company of his wife, and Mr.
Sawidis focuses on the policy and its foreign business.

For Russians, the Hellenic crisis is a
great opportunity. in nearby Cyprus they have been around for nearly 20
years, large investors, they now turn to the neighboring country, where
rows of factories and homes for sale. For the investor Sawidis is Greece
“a highly emotional affair,” a country that wants to help it to become
profitable again. The sun-drenched state in the south, also offer him
the perfect “balance between business and salvation.” He has invested
not only in football, but also for example in the restoration of some
churches.

Engagement with tradition

It is a commitment to tradition. In
modern times, the Orthodox Russia saw itself as the protector of the
Orthodox Greeks against the all-powerful Ottoman Empire. The first
president of independent Greece, Ioannis Kapodistrias, was foreign
policy before 1827 in the service of State of the Tsar. In Athens, there
was a “Russian party”, which lobbied for a close alignment with Saint
Petersburg. Greeks emigrated to Russia and made careers.

Ivan Sawidis, the Greek Russian sat for
many years for the United Russia party of Vladimir Putin in the Duma. He
knows good and criticized the Russian president that all decisions
would be made today about Greece in the EU. And since determine Germany.
“That’s what Greece” very hurt, he says. Russia, however, wanted to
protect Greece, says Sawidis. And Russia have much to offer.

What? »Snow and frost,” he says, smiling. “These oil and gas and a lot of money.”

In Greece, the state-owned energy
industry is for sale. Under pressure from the EU, the government their
majority in the Greek gas company Depa, the gas network operator DESFA
and participation in the oil company Hellenic Petroleum (Elpe) sell. The
Russians are in addition to Japanese, Italians and Azerbaijanis to the
main bidders......................

The Panepirotic Federation of America vehemently condemns the brutal destruction by Albanian authorities on August 26 of a Greek Orthodox Church in the Chimara region of the former Communist nation that once prohibited all forms of religious worship. The Church of St. Athanasius in the town of Drymades, known in Albanian as Dhermi, was completely destroyed by government agents acting on the authority of Albania’s Interior Ministry.

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The land in Himara belongs to the people of Himara! Land and property registration NOW! Signe now this petition to the European Councile, for the registration of properties to the only and single eligible owner: the PEOPLE of Himara.

Himara Community of USA, Addresses Himarra Property Issues with US State Department / Ambassador

The Honorable John F. Kerry Secretary of State U.S. Department of State Dear Mr. Secretary: We are writing to inform you of issues affecting United States citizens who have vested interests in the municipality of Himarra, Albania, and to express our concern about their long outstanding and unresolved problems regarding property rights. Over 1500 US citizens of Himarrioton descent are disenfranchised of their rights to the ownership of their family properties which were confiscated in 1945 by the communist regime. They have been attempting to claim their family properties since the end of the communist period without success due to the laws and policies of the Albanian government which a) fail to address ownership rights of pre-1945 landowners, b) fail to address the rights of owners who were forced to emigrate to the United States for economic or political reasons, and c) fail to address the rights of those with dual citizenship who have attempted to claim their properties as Albanian citizens.

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Officially: Omonoia, In Albania over 300.000 Greeks declared

30 % or 86,000, are declared electronically and this process includes 85 % of the members of the Greek minority Vlora Prefecture is the mostly populated by Greeks, there are about 90. 000 Greeks. TIRANA - Democratic Union of the Greek Ethnic Minority, Omonoia publishes the results of the census of members of the Ethnic Greek Community, organized by it structures. The Prime Census, was the decision of the General Council of the organization as members argued for exclusion of the Greek minority in the months Census October 2011, organized by the Institute of Statistics .

The history of elections of the Albanian dictator, to terrorize the people of Himara

A special Edition by SManalysis December 2, 1945: The Himariotes, abstaining from communist referendum, as happens usually for Himara the Albanian historians, never wrote this tragic history. Nikos Koutoulas, who boldly told the special communist court: "I'm Greek . I do not know Albanian, get me a interpret!" Still now, Albania never hold free politic elections, including Himara Municipality

Albanian Writer Raises Storm in Kosovo

Kosovo officials have rounded on Albanian writer Fatos Lubonja for saying that the political elites in both countries turned a blind eye to the crimes of the Kosovo Liberation Army, KLA. Besar Likmeta BIRN Tirana Albanian writer Fatos Lubonja In the article published in the May edition of the magazine Sudosteuropa, Lubonja focused on the reaction of Albania’s political class to the acquittal of the former KLA commander and Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj by the Hague Tribunal. Lubonja wrote that following Haradinaj’s release, the elite in Pristina and Tirana celebrated him as a hero, despite having enough information that the charges brought by prosecutors in the Hague were correct.

As long as human rights and civil liberties are violated in Himara Region primarily property, Greec

Himara Associations: Athens to block the status of Albania, if Tirana, does not solve the property issue Two associations based in Himara, "The Himara Community" and "Sea Coastal Association" have asked in a statement distributed to the media this afternoon that Greece "should block the candidate status for Albania" if Tirana, will not solve the problems of Human Rights and particularly the issue of the properties in Himara Region. The statement takes into consideration the visit Tirana following day of E.Venizelos the Greek Deputy Prime Minister also heads the Presidency of the European :

Albania minorities object to territorial division

Albania's civil society is calling on officials to diffuse tensions and protect minorities from discrimination and potential violence as a result of the decision to scrap the existing municipalities and create a new territorial administration. The government reduced the 384 local government units to 65, effectively creating entirely Albanian-majority municipalities. Greek, Macedonian and other minority representatives said the government's move violates their rights and international norms.

Poll: Albania, the most racist country in Europe

An international survey data from the World Value Survey collected and processed by the Washington Post reveals that Albania is the most racist country in Europe and worldwide more racists. The survey attempts to make a connection between economic development and being tolerant inside a society with ethnic crashes.. Thus, the most tolerant countries in the world are the Nordic countries, Great Britain and some of its former colonies, the United States, Canada and Australia. Countries with high tolerance are also in Latin America, where Venezuela exception.

Fatos Lobonja: Albania needs formatting not to rebirth

Fatos Lobonja, in an interview for the program "PULS" the KohaVision in Kosovo, there appeared criticism of developments in Albania. According Lubonja Albanians as a society still can not be consolidated. The reasons, according to him, are corrupt Albanian political elites on all sides, inside and abroad. He said they did not thirst for power leaves organize and move forward. Edi Rama's arrival at the head of government, according Lubonja, will not change the image of Albania, because Rama is associated with the oligarchs and organized crime. " He should answer that elite and non-citizens of Albania ", Lobonja estimates.

Nicholas Gage: Athens to give soon the Greek citizenship for thousand north epiriotes

World Council delegation of Epirus Abroad, meeting with the Ministry of Interior for the vote of northern epiriotes and the resolve the pension problem The visit of Nicholas Gage, is considering as the latest diplomatic effort of USA lobbing, for implementation of the "Protocol of Corfu" agreement, between Albania and Greece, based on the ulterior escalation in Balkan region. The Delegation of the World Council of Foreign Relation of Epirus (PSIE) headed by the Honorary President Nicolas Gkatzogianni, had a working meeting with the Greek Interior minister Stylianidis and v/ minister Syrigos.

Himariotes, lobbying in USA, for Autonomy

A group of people of Himara, with American citizenship, are lobbying to the US Congress and the State Department, that the Himara Region, receive the right for autonomy, according to international historical right to his self-determination. Proposed to merge all associations operating in USA, Greece and Albania, to be united in a single purpose: Autonomous Himara, Movements in the Balkans geopolitical, Mitrovica case, cutting pension from Greece, scarce public investment, robbery and illegal registration of property, etc., have raised a great concern, as never in the recent relationship of Himara, Albanian and Greek state relationship.

Pyrros Dimas, meeting with the Greek Minister of Labour, for problem of pensions to the Northern Ep

- Initiative of MP of PASOK, Pyrros Dimas for preparing and drafting a legislative proposal in collaboration with representatives of the Northern Epirus organizations. - The Minister agreed on the need to find a solution and urged the Member to develop concrete proposals, and that after consultation with the Secretary of the New Republic, Manolis Kefaloyiannis will be submitted jointly to the Minister of Finance.

"Kakome Case" again to the Albanian Tribunals

The Greek Community continues to "constant war" with the Albanian government to protect property. The apathy of Athens, to respond to the robbery of the properties in just the time, that OSCE, under the process of the registration of property in Ionian Coast, from European taxpayers, without any trasparence, is favoring according to Albanian law, alienation of property, of the Greek community , with the false documents.

Berisha: albanophobia threatens inter region

Berisha: "We must accept that they are the only people who live in 5 states. A nation that is unjustly divided into 5 states, a nation that wants to look to a common future. But again albanophobia is still in action " Albanian Prime Minister for the second time, threatening Greece, claiming that Albanians in Greece, should join the Albanian state.

NORTHERN EPIRUS THROUGH THE CENTURIES(LECTURE OF VASILIOS KYRANIS, Harvard University -1981) AL

Christos Pappas, in an interview with Arthur Zhei, News 24 TV

Pappas: "Northern Epirus is a region that holds arbitrary from Albania, as recognized by the great powers, the Protocol of Corfu. The Law of War against Albania, can not remove from Papoulias nor Greek parliament, but the Greek army is ready to liberate the Northern Epirus, again

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After a life threatening message to Archbishop Janullatos

42 Orthodox clergy against census and Red & Black Alliance: Janullatos has not afraid of death 42 Tirana archdiocese Orthodox clergy have reacted with a joint statement in defense of Anastasios Yannoulatos. Their attitude comes after strong reactions against the Red & Black Alliance, for Archbishop and after a census that sees Orthodox in third place in terms of religion in the country.

Albania: 100 years, Berisha plays 'great Albania' trump card

In Tirana Albanian leaders, tensions with Macedonia 28 November, 10:49 (ANSAmed) - TIRANA, NOVEMBER 28 - Albania's black and red national flag with a double-headed eagle is waving across the country which is celebrating today its 100th anniversary of independence in a tense political climate. The centre-right Premier Sali Berisha has been calling for days for an ethnic-national unification of all Albanians living in different Balkan states, in efforts to revive a strong nationalism which is rejected by Albania's opposition.

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CONTINUES THE DEBATE IN WASHINGTON D.C. FOR THE PROPERTY RIGHTS OF AMERICAN CITIZENS FROM NORTHERN

According to the Greek organisation of Albania estimates there are thousands of Greek American citizens from Northern Epirus (Southern Albania) which is refering the Journalist Lambros Papantoniou, asking the Spokesman of State Department for the rights of American citizens with Greek origin to take their properties in Southern Albania. Papantoniou is refereeing a Memo between Albanian State and USA about the civil rights especially for the properties of American citizens who are interested to take them according to Albanian Constitution and laws the properties of family generation. This is the second debate of the veteran Journalist for Balkan Issues in State Department Lambros Papantoiou who accuses over all the Sali Berisha Regim in Albania supported by the President Bush.

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SManalysis Orthodox churches of Albania, are Byzantine churches, belong to the property of the population of Epirus.....

Avramopoulos`s speach during NATO meeting

Greece threatens Albania blocking the integration process after Berisha's statements Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos, has expressed his concern at the NATO ministerial meeting about rising tide of nationalism in Albania and premature declarations of the government. In a press release the Greek Foreign Ministry said that "the growth of nationalism and populism in some of our neighboring countries is a source of great concern."

The U.S. talk of "change of borders in the Balkans"

Message-warning sent to Albania by the U.S. representative to the State Department, which in a statement said that any change of borders in the Balkans "would be counterproductive and destabilizing," but the issue is that for the first time put the U.S. even and negative mood on any change of borders in the Balkans ...

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THE BIG CHANGE IN PERIVOLO, DRYMADES, HIMARA REGION

Dhermi, (Drymades, Himara Region) between natural beauty and destruction Look at those videos, before in 2010, everything natural and in 2012 the differences, the big changes how are divided Mafia plots, see whose investments are shown, with the camera of a sportsman parachute, in Long Beach "Perivolo" in Dhrymades, the Himara Region. Look at how this summer 2012, the Concessions of Mafia provided by The Himara Counsil Municipality and the Government of Albania, have become a reality. The Sand Beach Drymades, is transformed in the sidewalks and kiosks. See how they are transformed Dhermi, in a few years, in an administrative center, disrupting also balance the religious and ethnic composition of himariotes.

Robert Elsie: If I would live in Albania, it would be crazy. It is the same as in Ottoman times

After known albanolog Milan Shufla, Robert Elsie is the best conteproranean albanian albanolog in the World During his intereweu on "Top Channely TV, Robert Elsie, on his first interview on TV. expresed his story about Albanian and Albanian state in 100 years. An interesting tale scholar known for his work difficulties in view of the Albanian language. Elsie, who knows Albanians for years, amounts to a chilling conclusion. He says he will not ever live in Albania, as it will go mad. "I can not live here. It's a little wild for me, the relationships between people are a bit wild. I know that is just a facade that inside have good spirit, but have a rabies in human relations. You know how to protect yourself here, and here I am like a rabbit, he can not defend myself. I come here with pleasure, but do not believe they can afford to come and live here forever. There is much frustration of everyday life. Life is too short and I do not have time to bump into obstacles, only to achieve something, when in another country and get away and then live my life, "said Elsie to Albanian. And while Enver Hoxha's Albania as compared with that of Sali Berisha, adds: "There is something that depends only on the party, it's more the attitude of the people. So to get something going, you have to know someone in the Ministry, to drink coffee with, then drink coffee again next week with even a third time, and then he connects with the person that you are interested . That is the same as in Ottoman times, not like a normal country. ".

Separatists gaining ground in Europe

Greece, is going to Plan B: grant for 600 thousand Greek citizenship, at the Consulates

Failure of the Census in Albania, apparently, has forced Athens, put in place, going to Plan B to its foreign policy, grant citizenship to all Hellenic Community of Northern Epirus (Greek passports) through three Greek consulates in Albania. According to “The Albanian newspaper Gazeta Shqiptare”, in a statement issued by the Greek Consul in Argjirokaster, Nikolaos Kotroxois, will begin soon, giving the Greek passports to Albanian citizens of Greek descent, who have applied for years. The decision is taken, after Athens, has used all diplomatic sources to have to Tirana, the same wavelength, particularly in geopolitical matters, particularly Kosovo. In his statement, the Greek Foreign Minister Stavros Dimas, noted, that Tirana, continues to show towards Greece, feeling not sincere cooperation, while simultaneously calling for the right to self-determination of the Greek community in Albania.

BERISHA: GREATER ALBANIA, WE LOST TERRITORIES

he Albanian Prime Minister held a meeting with Prishtina University students, in which he argued why he is against the unification of Albania with Kosovo and why both countries would lose, if borders would be changed. “The vital interest of the Albanians is to preserve the current borders, and the Albanians should not accept, at any cost, to lose a single square meter of the land they are entitled to. Another redraw of the borders would mark undeserved losses of the Albanian territories. We must be patient, free, and should not undertake any action that threatens territorial losses. Every generation has to make its duty, and this generation made it”, Berisha declared.

Dimas:"The Greek ethnic Community in Albania has the right of free of charge self-determination"

The reliability of the results of population census in Albania, in terms of minority groups, directly challenging the foreign minister Stavros Dimas, diaminyontas same time that the Respect for human and minority rights is … crucial criterion for the progress of the accession method of our neighbor. In a letter sent to the Home in response to a question from a Member of LA.OS K. Aivaliotis, Dimas says that “the foreign ministry has closely followed all the developments surrounding the census in Albania, even though produced timely plays, both bilateral and European level to make sure the integrity process and unimpeded registration of members of the Greek National Minority, and each location of residence of such ». As outlined, the “Selection of the representatives of the main minority groups, including the Greek National Minority, invite their members to abstain in protest not guaranteed to respect the right of free of charge self-determination, showed a significant deficit of trust minority in the Albanian state, which ought to itself the Albanian government to address priority ».

The Constitutional Court Decision on December 1, the Latter abolished the term Ethnic certificate of Its Citizens. In the Decision, panels argues why the notion of "nationality" is incompatible with the constitution When Its state charter law does not provid a clear definition of Its meaning. In Assessing the Court, "nationality" as defined concept without, unlike Other components of civil law does not Create a link that 'translates the Mutual rights and duties of Natural Persons and state.

While the total population in Himara Municipality, does not exceed 12 thousand inhabitants, a source from the prosecution of Vlora, shows that the problems of ownership at the squirrels region have reached the 7500 court proceedings and special investigations, which marks a world record, by how a country like Albania, could not manage the right of ownership, in one of the areas attacked by the Albanian mafia and international. However, the U.S. Department Report for 2004 on human rights in Albania, states clearly that in the Himara Municipality, the community lands and the Orthodox Church, was robbed by a Courts with false documents, supported by the Office of Propetry Registration in Albania.

Arben Puto: Albania has declared war against Greece first

In his book "The Italian Greek War", Arben Puto, well known historian of the era of dictatorship in Albania, writes that: "In a unanimous decision of the Albanian Parliament on July 15, 1940, was ratified, the Italian Fascist royal decree, which declared all war allies France and Britain, including the USA and Greece. So need to Albanians, to be aware that Greece was not declared war Albania, but Albania, with military battalions that attacked Greece on 28 October 1940 ".

WB returns to Ionian Riviera residence reconstruction

Another World Bank project is being executed with the help of the Albanian authorities for the reconstruction of the residences in Albania’s southern coastline. The 625.000 USD project aims to protect and promote the values of the Albanian national architecture in the Southern part of the country, in order to prevent destruction and abandonment of the traditional houses. “Shqip” newspapers says that the Ministry of Public Works is the WB partner in the “Roofs and Facades” project. The implementation of the program has started in the villages classified as participators: Dhermi i Vjeter, Qeparo i Vjeter, Ilias, Vuno, Himare e Vjeter, Piqeras, Nivice and Luksht. The World Bank will finance 70% of the restauration cost, with a maximum of 7000 USD, while the program “Accommodation and Breakfast” will finance 50 of the restoration cost, with a maximum of 5,000 USD. The program “Roofs and Facades” aims to restore 72 houses in 18 months. 20 of them will adopt with the conditions of modern life, in the framework of the program “Accommodation and Breakfast”.

In Albania, at 20 years post-dictatorship, 8 thousands murders, for the issue of property

The shocking data, are given by the Prosecutor General, to the Albanian press Shocking facts which, in the wake of Albania rank Civil War, the high level of killings, including the year 1997 Through the Albanian press, Attorney General, has published shocking facts about the increasing number of murders in Albania, especially for issues of ownership. Clic on photo ....

Himara 26 centuries, a history of glorious Independence

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First step to Greater Albania: Kosovo Opens First Highway Section

A 38 kilometre-tranche of the road, which will eventually cross the country from the Albanian to Serbian border, was opened on Saturday. The first section, which runs from Vermica on the Albanian border to close to the town of Suhareka, cost 330 million euro. Senior Kosovo and Albania government officials were present at the inauguration ceremony. In a speech, Kosovo’s President Atifete Jahjaga said that the "highway has the role of linking nations and countries". "It is our link with important European corridors. Our coordinated policy will make us a free and equal members of the European Union," she added. Named the "Ibrahim Rugova Highway", after Kosovo's most famous president, the road connects with Albania's first highway, which was also built by the Turkish-American consortium Bechtel-Enka.

George Goro: Registration of properties on the southern coast of Albania faces difficulties

The process of registration of property in southern coastal areas of Albania is getting quite difficult. Mayor George Himara Goro says it has so far only completed the registration of houses and land but not land. Problems with documentation and the implementation of the Land Law difficult, according to him, residents in this process.

The Monument of Independence of Albania, is in hassle

PDIU Cam Community Party, the Socialist Party's local leader in Vlora, and "Red & Black Alliance", are making a nationalistic competition, the Monument of Independence and the Albanian national flag. Few days ago, Prime Minister Sali Berisha, said the establishment of a new monument to the independence of Albania in Tirana, implying, dismiss the historical tradition of Albanian independence in Vlora.

Himarrioton Society of America

The Himarriotans of America, motivated by the love of Himarra, the land of their native origin, and dedicated to the noblest ideals of their forfathers, have established this organization which aspires to the cultivation and preservation of Himarriotic culture in America, to making a positive difference in the lives of its members, and to promoting the rights and interests of the Himarriotans in Himarra, through the realization of patriotic, charitable, philanthropic, educational and cultural endeavors.

Opinion in Kosovo: "Socialists in Albania, are filo Greek"

The Chairman of the Opposition in Albania, Edi Rama, accused by the press in Kosovo that "he is with filo Greek sentiments" If, Sali Berisha, Albania's current prime minister, is expected both in Macedonia and Kosovo, as president of the Albanian nation, this has not happened with the chairman of the opposition in Albania, Edi Rama. During a recent visit to Kosovo, Edi Rama is unpopular, the fact that the perception of public opinion in Kosovo, is that the south, is the area close to Greece, but especially Rama and the Socialist Party, was accused of holding a position filo Greek, against the interests of Greater Albania.